PRINCETON — Niveen Rasheed doesn’t have to win another game to go down as one of the most decorated players in Princeton University women’s basketball history. She’s already collected back-to-back Ivy League Player of the Year awards, been part of the only three NCAA tournament teams in program history and has a certain future playing professionally beyond this season.

One more victory, however, would fill the final piece of a jigsaw puzzle she hasn’t quite been able to solve.

“I feel like my career here has been everything I wanted, except there is one thing missing, and it’s the NCAA game,” Rasheed said Wednesday morning prior to practice.

Princeton is 0-3 in the NCAA tournament but is making its fourth straight appearance. It came closest last season, falling to Kansas State by three in an 8/9 game.

The Tigers (22-6) find themselves in the same scenario, again as a No. 9 seed, only this time facing No. 8 seed Florida State (22-9) Sunday evening (5:10 p.m., ESPN2) in Waco, Texas.

It’s the first meeting between the two schools.

Barring the greatest upset in the history of women’s basketball, the winner will meet overall top seed Baylor (32-1) on its home floor in the second round.

Princeton has only lost once in 2013 — an upset defeat at Harvard on March 1 — and went through the conference schedule 13-1.

The Tigers, though, feel like underdogs against the Seminoles, who have four players averaging at least 13 points per game and reached the ACC semifinals.

“It’s totally different going form Ivy League when you’re expected to win games by 30,” admitted Rasheed. “Going to the NCAA tournament, we’re the underdog. It’s kind of a nice thing. There’s a little less pressure and it’s a huge stage — which usually gives you a lot of pressure — but going into it knowing people don’t expect you to win, you just want to prove them wrong.”

Rasheed is the top threat for the Tigers. She’s averaging 16.9 points and nine rebounds per game and unanimously picked up Ivy POY honors for a second consecutive season.

“We have a little chip on our shoulder feeling that this is our fourth time going and people are expecting you to perform,” said Rasheed, who didn’t play in Princeton’s NCAA tournament loss to St. John’s two years ago after tearing her ACL in the 13th game of the season. “So hopefully, we live up to expectations or prove people wrong by upsetting them.”

Coach Courtney Banghart expects Florida State to tailor its defense — a different set of zone looks — to stop Rasheed.

The Seminoles are hardly the first team to try that.

“A lot of people have,” Banghart said with a smile. “Hard to do.”

Banghart’s squad has other players that can step up and have a big game. Kristen Helmstetter (9 ppg), Meg Bowen (8.9) and Blake Dietrick (7.9 ppg mostly coming off the bench) are all capable second or third scorers.

“Niveen doesn’t care about anything but winning Sunday,” Banghart said. “The more they focus on her, the better because the more open everybody else is. And then if they don’t focus on her, she’ll have a big day.”

While a victory would put a nice ribbon on Rasheed’s terrific career, Banghart won’t hang all the pressure on her shoulders, even if she’s willing to accept it.

“What I’m really fortunate is that 1-through-15 this is about Princeton across their chest,” Banghart said. “I say that not cliché wise. Niveen’s career will continue regardless. Everybody else is going to bank and nerd and market, and things that they do, but her game is going to continue regardless. This is an opportunity at least to play one more game with her good friends.

“We all need it because Princeton wants it. Our community is excited for us and stood behind us. We want to give it to them.”